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Birders

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18. Thanks, Croney! I think your birder has correctly identified my mystery bird.

Mon Sep 12, 2022, 08:39 AM

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Re: Need some help identifying a bird - Mystery likely solved [View all] Mousetoescamper Sep 2022 OP

Word is the bird. Sneederbunk Sep 2022 #1

I am going to keep an eye on this MuseRider Sep 2022 #2

No expert, but a good guess multigraincracker Sep 2022 #3

Sparrow hawk? Kestrel? LakeArenal Sep 2022 #4

Merlin would be my guess. Walleye Sep 2022 #5

That was my guess as well. Mousetoescamper Sep 2022 #10

Cooper's hawk, maybe. tblue37 Sep 2022 #6

I'm going with Cooper's Hawk. Thanks! Mousetoescamper Sep 2022 #16

Maybe Timewas Sep 2022 #7

Female kestrel Sanity Claws Sep 2022 #8

I couldn't really see much in that shot. dem4decades Sep 2022 #12

Brightened the shot. Mousetoescamper Sep 2022 #13

I'm going with Cooper's Hawk. Thanks! Mousetoescamper Sep 2022 #15

The birder in my family says it is a broad-winged hawk. Croney Sep 2022 #17

Thanks, Croney! I think your birder has correctly identified my mystery bird. Mousetoescamper Sep 2022 #18